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[QST] Why GPU version of Zstd is slower than CPU version of Zstd

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Since Oct 24, 2022.

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Description

[configuration]
CUDA Version: 11.4
OS in Docker container: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
GPU card: A10 x 1
CPU: AMD EPYC 7413 24-Core Processor
Tensorflow version: 2.5.0+nv
nvcomp binary version: nvcomp_2.4.1_x86_64_11.x

[testing data]
image data size: 675 x 78

[Zstd decompression time]
On CPU (Meta API): 0.000069 s
On GPU (nvcomp API): 0.000038 s

[problem description]
I'm creating a Tensorflow custom OP that invokes Zstd decompression API of nvcomp, I simply copy & paste the low_level_quickstart_example in custom OP, so in this case I do both compression and decompression and this custom OP is launched by a python script. But I find that the function cudaStreamSynchronize() takes 0.014081 s which makes GPU version of Zstd is slower than CPU version of Zstd. May I ask what is wrong?

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